Greek - Statesman | 382 BC - 322 BC
No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
Demosthenes
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.
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